Paul Reiter

On page 19 of Heaven and Earth we find Plimer making this remarkable claim about one of the authors of the IPCC's 2nd Assessment Report's chapter on the impacts of global warming on health: Other authors were environmental activists, one of whom had written on the health effects of mercury poisoning from land mines. If a land mine explodes, the last thing one thinks about is the health effects of mercury poisoning. Yes, that's just crazy. Let's see what Plimer's source, Paul Reiter's submission to a House of Lords committee says: One of these activists has published "professional" articles…